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Armenian Slang & Idioms

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  • Eh bidi chses aysorva nakhajasht inch er?


    Btw, what's up with the word "haba"? lol!

    -As kazage bidi hakvis?
    -Haba vormege?

    or

    -Vaghe tbrots bidi yertas?
    - Eh haba!

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    • Ohhh, I've always wondered about "haba"!!! Do EAs use it too?

      Another one that I thought of yesterday. You know how we add "ne" to verbs to replace the word "yerp" or "yerp vor" (when)? Like, "yerp verchasnes tasert, ayn aden grnas khaghal" becomes "tasert verchatsnesNE..."

      So anyway, I realize we also add it to "che" -- as in, "chene." And we use it instead of "te voch." Like, "Ays shabiguh hakvim, te voch muisuh?" becomes "Ays shabiguh hakvim, chene muisuh?"

      And my faaavorite is "chene che." lol Talk about redundant! haha

      "Kovs goo kas, chene che??"

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      • Ah, I hate the "ne". I never use it. It really pisses me off for some reason. lol!

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        • uh oh, i'm afraid you'll smack across the face every 5 seconds if we were ever face to face then...lol

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          • Kitt peran-t meg gnem ha!

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            • hos nayir dzo. kits, perans meg gu mnan ha.

              omg the other day i totally used to the words "yezragatsootyoon" and "pool" (no, not the english word lol) -- haha. and my mom looked at me like "wtf?"

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              • hahaha, shad khosh. What do you guys usually say for "pool"?

                Not to rub it in, but yezragatsootyoon is a regular at our house.

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                • Gu neres. lol I hadn't heard it since high school. (I think I've said, Armenian is my dad's 4th language, and my parents converse in Arabic...so yezragatsootyoon is big news for this house lol)

                  Noooo, I meant the Armenian word "pool" -- meaning phase/stage. But for swimming pool, we say avazan (although it should be loghavazan).

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                  • What language is "basein" in?

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                    • OH, I thought of some more, but I have to set the stage for this one. When my dad was big into wrestling (back when D*ck the Bruiser, and Andre the Giant were big), I used to crack up whenever the "good guy" would start making a "comeback". Like when Hulk Hogan would take a beating for 10 minutes, getting his ass kicked, and then he'd start doing that thing where he'd just stare the guy down, and rise another step with each blow, until he was fully upright. And then, as soon as he started delivering the punches back, and beating the "bad guy's" ass, my dad would start going nuts. He'd have to blurt out something with EACH punch, RIGHT as each one landed....

                      "Paktsur, mayre--...(well....you know the rest there =| )"
                      "Aiyaba!"
                      "Door vor gudas!!"
                      "Jibe!"
                      "Ayayayayay! Jampan gorsentsuts!!!"

                      I'd just stand there off to the side, trying to constrain my laughter.

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